Moog Minitaur

Overview

The Moog Minitaur is a fully analog monophonic synthesizer, the successor of the old bass synthesizer Taurus. Moog now omited the bulky pedal keyboard and the Minitaur is a small desktop synthesizer with a huge sound, especially in the bass range.

Details

Two oscillators with Sawtooth (Original Taurus) and Square wave-shapes for each VCO. Recreate sounds of the original Taurus with Sawtooth waves, or create new sounds with square waves or a combination of both. 2 Mixer VCAs for VCO levels control of Oscillators 1 and 2. Moog Lowpass Ladder Filter with adjustable resonance delivers classic Taurus 1 and 3 bass and boom. Two Minimoog style ADSR Envelope Generators for modulating VCF and VCA. The Decay and Release segments are controlled by the Decay knob, while the Release segment is enabled or disabled via Release On/Off switch. Midi-syncable LFO with Controls for Rate, VCO LFO Amount, and VCF LFO Amount

DIN MIDI and MIDI over USB offer complete control of the Minitaur's sound engine.

CV Control inputs for Pitch, Filter, Volume and Gate. Use an EP2 or CV to connect and control MInitaur with everything from Modulars to Moogerfoogers.

External audio input for processing external audio through the Mixer and Filter section of Minitaur. Headphone output with 1/8" connection

worth knowing

Dr Robert Moog is seen as one of the inventors of synthesizers in their Modern appearance. From 1964 his Modular systems have been the first available synthesizers equipped with the components VCO, VCA, VCF etc which are still the norm today. Musicians like Wendy Carlos (Switched On Bach) or Gershon Kingsley (Popcorn) were already interested in the Moog system, as much as rock stars like Keith Emerson, George Harrison or The Who. They had the big Moog carried up to there studios and on stage, thus making sure that the then small company was successful. In 1970 the Mini Moog saw the light of the world as the first complex synthesizer and established new heights for the scene. After economic high flies with various models Bob Moog later had to sell his company and label to almighty competition. The company which he founded later